Directives Tab – Screaming Frog me kya hota hai?
Directives Tab – Screaming Frog me kya hota hai?
📌 Purpose:
Ye tab Screaming Frog me aapke website ke har page ke meta robots tags aur X-Robots-Tag HTTP headers ko analyze karta hai.
🧠 In directives ka kaam hota hai:
Search engines ko batana ki:
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Page index hona chahiye ya nahi
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Links follow kiye jaayen ya nahi
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Archive, snippet, translation allow hai ya nahi
🧠 Directives Tab me kya kya dikhai deta hai?
Column | Kya show karta hai | SEO use |
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Address | Page URL | Kaunsa page check ho raha hai |
Meta Robots 1 | Meta tag (page ke HTML me) | e.g. index, follow ya noindex, nofollow |
Meta Robots 2 | Agar 2nd meta tag hai toh | Duplicate ya conflicting directives detect karne ke liye |
X-Robots-Tag | HTTP header ke through diya gaya instruction | PDFs, images, files ke liye hota hai |
Meta Robots Source | Robots tag HTML me ya HTTP me diya gaya? | Helpful for debugging |
Indexability | Kya page index hone layak hai? | Final output dikhata hai (after processing all directives) |
Indexability Status | Kyun page indexable hai ya nahi | Meta Robots, Canonical, X-Robots ki wajah se? |
🔍 Common Meta Robots Directives & Unka Matlab:
Directive | Meaning | SEO Effect |
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✅ index | Page index ho sakta hai | Normal |
✅ follow | Page ke links crawl honge | Recommended |
❌ noindex | Page index nahi hoga | Page SERP me nahi dikhega |
❌ nofollow | Page ke links ko Google follow nahi karega | Link equity pass nahi hoti |
❌ noarchive | Google cache version na dikhaye | Optional |
❌ nosnippet | Description snippet na dikhaye | CTR gir sakta hai |
❌ noimageindex | Page ke images index nahi honge | Image SEO affect hoti hai |
⚙️ Screaming Frog ke Directives Tab ke Filters:
Filter | Kya dikhata hai | Kya action lena chahiye |
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✅ Index | Page index ho sakta hai | OK |
❌ Noindex | Page intentionally block hai | Check karo kya ye sahi decision hai |
❌ Nofollow | Page ke links crawl nahi honge | Avoid unless needed |
❌ Noindex, Follow | Page visible nahi but links crawl ho rahe | Common for admin, login pages |
❌ Conflicting | Multiple contradictory tags | Resolve immediately |
❌ Blocked by X-Robots-Tag | HTTP header se block hai | Often PDFs ya test pages me hota hai |
🛠️ Screaming Frog Me Directives Tab Use Karne Ka Tarika
Step-by-Step:
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Website crawl karo Screaming Frog me
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Sidebar me jaake Directives Tab select karo
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Focus karo:
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noindex
pages (by mistake toh nahi laga?) -
nofollow
on important pages? -
X-Robots headers used kahaan ho rahe?
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Export karo → SEO ya Dev team ko bhejo review ke liye
🔧 Example SEO Issues:
❌ Mistaken Noindex:
Page: /services/seo
Directive: <meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow">
✅ Fix: Change to index, follow
❌ Duplicate Meta Robots:
Page: /about
2 meta tags — ek index
, ek noindex
✅ Fix: Keep only one with clear instruction
❌ PDFs Blocked:
File: whitepaper.pdf
Header: X-Robots-Tag: noindex
✅ Fix: Remove if you want the PDF to rank
✅ SEO Best Practices:
Page Type | Recommended Directive |
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Product Page | index, follow |
Blog Post | index, follow |
Thank You Page | noindex, follow |
Admin/Login Page | noindex, nofollow |
Test Pages | noindex, nofollow |
PDFs/Docs (if public) | index, follow or blank |
✅ Summary (Hinglish Me):
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Directives Tab Screaming Frog me batata hai ki aapke pages search engines ko kya instruction de rahe hain.
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Aap yahan se dekh sakte ho:
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Koi page galti se noindex toh nahi?
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Kya nofollow links lagaye gaye hain?
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Kya robots directives conflicting toh nahi?
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Ye tab SEO me indexing, crawling aur visibility control karne ke liye bahut important hota hai.
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